st. albert leader july 3, 2014

ST. ALBERT 780-458-85052012 TUDOR GLEN PLACE

DYNAMIC 780-458-8502SERVUS PLACE

KENSINGTON 780-452-823412620C-132 AVENUE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

AD{CS5280900}

A hospital is a place where life canbegin or end, where the quality of ourlives is greatly impacted by the peoplewho work there. St. Albert is blessed tohave one of the finest hospitals in thecountry in the field of family medicine.Being the best doesn’t just happen onits own. An enormous team comprisedof doctors, nurses,administration,support staffand volunteers,the SturgeonCommunityHospital Foundationand the citizens ofSt. Albert, SturgeonCounty and NorthEdmonton all jointogether to supportan outstandingcommunity hospital.

A complexformula providesbasic funding toeach hospital inthe province butindividual hospitalswork with theirfundraising partners to fund equipmentenhancements and the underfundedpriorities of the hospital. That’s wherethe Sturgeon Community HospitalFoundation steps in. The Foundationhas been in existence for twenty-twoyears and has raised over $10 milliondollars for the Sturgeon CommunityHospital to fund equipment, programsand scholarships. They are focused onfunding initiatives that keep patientsclose to home, keep pace with growing

patient needs and meeting the growingneeds of our communities. The Sturgeonoffers emergency services, cardiac clinics,maternity theme rooms, digital operatingrooms, palliative care beds and numerousoutpatient services.

The two primary ways to supportThe Sturgeon Community Hospital

Foundation are as a Friend of theFoundation or as a volunteer with theFoundation. The Foundation employsa variety of methods to raise funds andfriends including the Heritage Golfclassic, the Friend Raiser Gala, theFoundation Annual Campaign, DirectedGifts, Endowments and Bequests.

“Our mandate is to raise funds tosupport four key areas of growth withinthe Hospital including: enhanced familycare, the purchase of leading edge

medical equipment, the supportof further innovation and on-siteand community education” saysExecutive Director, Katrina Black.

Planned Giving, which couldbe gifts of life insurance, cash,stocks, bequests and endowments,contributes to the funding ofthe programs and projects atthe Sturgeon. Other donationoptions and alternatives areavailable as well, depending on yourpersonal financial goals and personalwishes. All of the investment fundsof the Foundation are professionallymanaged.

With the Foundation for 17 years andits only full-time employee, Black ispassionate and genuineabout her job and thedifference it can make inpeople’s lives. She trulybelieves in developingrelationships, to ensuredonors find the “rightfit” for their donation.

“I’m truly proud ofthe difference we havemade and are continuing

to make.” says Black,“Thanks to the generosityof two donor familiesthere are educationalscholarships available forstaff.”

The Vitaline andCecil Rooke EducationalScholarship and the Donna(Kryskow) ToronchukMemorial EndowmentFund are just two examples

of legacies that are continually enhancingthe reputation and performance of theSturgeon Community Hospital. Haveyou considered what your legacy may be?

For further information about theFoundation or how to donate call780-418-7361 or visitsturgeoncommunityhospital.org

��

�� !��" ��

� � � � � �Foundation for a Healthy Community

��

Interested in a career in theCommunity Disability Field?

Have some time andskills to volunteer?

��

��

�� " ��#�� $��!�

%&''&� (�)��

Sturgeon CommunityHospital FoundationInvesting Today for aHealthy Tomorrow

www.sturgeonhospitalfoundation.org780-418-7361

��

�� !� �� !� �� "�� #�� #� ��

�� $�� #� � ��

#400, 30 Green Grove DriveSt. Albert, AB 780.459.5596WWW.WEARYANDCO.COM

AD{CS5280918}

Ethan Kennedy, 9, takes a big bite of watermelon during Canada Day festivities at Lions Park on Tuesday afternoon. St. Albertans were also celebrating Canada’s 147th birthday at numerous venues around the city, including the Little White School, the Grain Elevator Park, Woodlands Water Play Park and Grosvenor Pool. For more photos of local celebrations, turn to page 4.

That’s how big the World’s Largest Commercially Available Hamburger is, which will be available from Juicy’s Outlaw Grill at K-Days in Edmonton later this month. The burger has over 1.3 million calories, costs $5,000 and must be ordered 48 hours in advance. Juicy’s also has a hot dog on its menu, which tips the scales at 125 pounds.

If Nora Furber has to stare down the Dragons once again, at least this time it will be in her own den.

Furber is the owner of Monjeloco Jeans on Perron Street, and last year, she travelled to Toronto to pitch her business to a panel of the country’s leading venture capitalists on the CBC show Dragons’ Den.

Now, crews from the show are coming to St. Albert to film an update on Monjeloco, which will coincide with the store’s second anniversary party on Sunday, July 13, starting at noon.

“We were the ones that got away, and they’re still interested in how we’re doing. We’ve had great success, and we’re ready to share it with them,” Furber said, adding she doesn’t know if any of the Dragons themselves will make an

appearance at the party.Furber filmed her episode in

March 2013, and was featured on the Season 8 premiere of the show that fall. While her store generated a lot of interest from the Dragons, they ultimately couldn’t hammer out a deal that worked.

Since filming the show, Furber said the store has grown by leaps and bounds.

“Our sales have more than tripled, and … we have 2,000 followers on Facebook. Our sales online have been outrageous; we’re big all over Canada,” she said. “We have

customers from Toronto, from everywhere. For this small store, the concept has grown, and that’s what we want.”

And the advice the Dragons gave her has proved valuable.

“I still say Kevin O’Leary was wonderful for us. I like how truthful he is, and of course he’s a smart man,” Furber said. “The advice he gave us, it was well-taken.

I’ve done some of the stuff they suggested, and it’s worked very well for us.”

Monjeloco’s specialty is jeans inspired by the beaches of Brazil

and designed to lift and tuck in the buttocks, making them look perfectly round.

The party on July 13 will also be inspired by Latin and South America, with a fashion show, a Cuban band, coffee and ice cream vendors, a taco truck, Zumba classes and so much more that Furber has convinced the City of St. Albert to close off part of Perron Street.

“It’s going to be the biggest Latin party St. Albert has ever seen!” Furber exclaimed. “... It’s like we’re going to take you back to Cuba, back to Brazil.”

As for the store, Furber said she has expansion on her mind, but the timing isn’t quite right yet.

“I see Monjeloco Jeans being a brand where everyone will have a (pair of) jeans,” she said.

Monjeloco Jeans is located at #103, 20 Perron St. Check out their website at monjelocojeans.com.

Leader file photo

Custom Cakes and CupcakesRight Here in St.Albert

www.overthetopcakes.ca

2B Sir Winston Churchill Ave - Corner of Levasseur780.458.2922

LocatedHere in

St. Albert!

Come Inand Visit OurRetail Shop forCupcakes and

more...

Check out our facebook page for morespecials and pictures

facebook/overthetopcakes

Retail Shop Hours: Tue, Wed, Thu & Sat 10-5, Fri 10-6

DESIGNER BAKESHOP

AD{CS5280933}

CANADACELEBRATING

Photos: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

While Cathy Truong was working at Divine Imports on St. Anne Street, she discovered that St. Albert had a farmers’ market every Saturday. She took one weekend afternoon to explore the vendors set up around the downtown and had a flash of inspiration.

“It reminded me a lot of the street vendors you see while travelling through Asia,” Truong explained. “And then I thought about bringing some of the street food you would encounter in Asia to the farmer’s market and adding that international flair.”

A few months after her encounter with the farmers’ market, she and her business partner Wade Ngo started their first food tent, which, in just over a year, evolved into the Lemongrass Grill food truck. Since 2012, Lemongrass Grill has been serving Vietnamese cuisine re-imagined for portable delight, like their chicken skewers on vermicelli and Vietnamese grilled subs (Truong emphasises that the sub isn’t just cold cuts but real, fresh grilled meat). Though the truck recently lost its spot at the farmers’ market, its impact on St. Albert weekends in the summer is undeniable.

“Right from our first day, we had a great response from the community and it only grew from there,” Truong said. “It’s no different from bringing a new restaurant to town that become popular. So long as you’re offering something different, people are going to support you.”

Bringing something different has brought another St. Albert fixture quite a bit of attention. Molly’s Eats has been making mobile gourmet food from a truck since 2011 — though owner Susan Chin has been serving food at farmers markets across Alberta for nine years — and has even been featured on the Food Network’s show Eat St.

“Food trucks are the new kids on the road; we can’t do what’s already

served curbside,” Chin said. “The strong presence of Fat Franks, kettle corn and mini doughnuts ups the ante for us. It’s wonderful to add variety to the street food scene.”

Molly’s Eats is as well known for its gluten free and baked goods as it is for its signature dish, the Mac Melt — homemade macaroni and cheese topped with bacon and slow roasted pork inside of a grilled cheese sandwich — but Chin knows that the summer season is as important to the truck’s success as is its creative cuisine.

“The seasonality of food trucks, just like outdoor farmers’ markets and fresh local fruit stands, add to the anticipation and thrill of having trucks out on the road,” Chin said. “I think food trucks are here to stay. We are the current incarnation of street vending. I’m looking forward new trucks rolling out.”

One such new food truck is Dedo’s, the first food truck to call St. Albert its only home. Based out of Franklin Place but often found in the parking lot at the local Canadian Tire, Dedo’s serves a mix of Mediterranean and local comfort food,

such as its chicken shawarma and Philly cheese steak, exclusively in St. Albert.

“When we approached the city with our plans, they didn’t know what to do because there were no laws around this sort of thing. No one in St. Albert has ever done this before,” says co-owner Rayna Abu Jaib who, along with her husband Jarek and

brother A.J. Waeil, launched Dedo’s this past May. “It’s spreading though and we love the people of St. Albert and it’s why we stay.”

Named after her son, Abu Jaib explains that Dedo’s success has come from simply being present in the community. She reflects on how often people browsing around will stop for a shawarma because they could smell it while passing by. Abu Jaib also points out that the transparency that comes with preparing food on a truck has its benefits.

“As an owner, you want people to enjoy the food and build relationships,” she said. “Having the open food truck where people can see exactly what you’re doing and see how fresh the ingredients are helps with that.”

With Molly’s Eats and Dedo’s remaining a part of the St. Albert community for the rest of the summer, and Lemongrass Grill still having its strong presence in Edmonton’s downtown (you can find them at 107 St. And 100 Ave.), food trucks remain a strong summer highlight that keeps people eating on the street.

“You can change the menu and bring out something new every week,” Abu Jaib said. “You can make anything and food trucks are spreading and growing.”

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Discover how you can save up to 90% OFF all your family vacations:www.GaabGlobalEscapes.com/contest Valued at $5,997

Contest Dates: June 9th - July 6th, 2014

AD{CS5280941}

www.familyherbalclinic.com5 Giroux Road, St. Albert 780-419-2699

Customer Appreciation Days!��

��

20% OFFall Nature’s

Sunshine Products

10% OFFalll other products includingWeight Loss Supplements

AD{CS5280912}

Officials with the City of St. Albert are raving about a recent conference in Edmonton, designed to build partnerships between government, business and societal leaders.

The CityAge Western Cities Summit was held on June 23 and 24 at the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton, with St. Albert city councillors Cathy Heron and Gilles Prefontaine attending and city manager Patrick Draper presenting as part of a featured panel of speakers.

“It’s the best conference I’ve ever been to,” Heron said. “It was so relevant. It was all about municipal issues. It wasn’t about economic development; it was focused on what you should do as an elected official. I enjoyed every second of it.”

Draper spoke about St. Albert’s Smart City master plan and the province-wide Smart City Alliance that the City is spearheading along with IBM Canada, CISCO Canada, the University of Alberta and NAIT.

“I used that as an example of how that

can not only help the City achieve some of its goals in terms of being more efficient, but also help businesses to potentially develop new products or help ideas get commercialized out of academic labs,” Draper said.

He said the reception to the panel and what St. Albert is doing what quite positive.

“There were quite a few tweets sent out, both during the event and afterwards.

… There was quite a positive response, I could sense, from the audience,” he said.

Meanwhile, Heron was busy attending some of the breakout sessions. One highlight for her was attending a presentation by Jennifer Keesmaat, chief

planner for the City of Toronto. “She’s very progressive in her thinking

on how cities should be built. She’s very similar to me in (advocacy for) building up, (increasing) density, using transit and pedestrian (areas) — she’s very European in many ways,” Heron said.

“She did actually say there needs to be some recognition of the role of the urban centre. She said there’s a huge lack — and I agree with her — of a federal urban agenda,” she added. “There’s no ministry of municipal affairs at the federal level; they don’t care. There’s no agenda or any direction on how they think cities should grow. In reality, more and more people, as years go by, will be living in cities as

opposed to rural, so there needs to be some recognition of that.”

Another standout for Heron was a discussion of utility rates, an issue she is pushing hard among her council colleagues.

“They emphasized over and over again that there’s a huge difference between a utility and a municipality,” she said. “... It’s a commodity; I keep trying to convince my council colleagues that it’s a

commodity that should be able to pay for itself.”

Other presenters included elected officials and civic adminstrators from cities like Wichita, Kan.; Waterloo, Ont.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Fort Worth, Texas; Yellowknife, N.T.; and Whitehorse, Yukon.

Not just duringthe summer.

Saveonenergybills year round.

Furnaces and air conditionersare designed to work together.So if you’re thinking aboutreplacing your air conditioner,you can experience evenhigher efficiency by upgradingyour furnace too.

Westlock780-349-4005Barrhead780-674-6696Morinville780-939-5225www.weplumb.ca Quality work by people who care.

OFFER EXPIRES 8/22/2014.*Rebate offer is valid only with the purchase of qualifying Lennox products. System rebate offers range from $500 – $1,700. Lennox dealers include independentlyowned and operated businesses. © 2014 Lennox Industries, Inc.

plus up to a $100 iHarmonyTM add-on*with the purchase of

a qualifying Lennox® system.

RECEIVEUP TO A $1,300

REBATE*

AD{CS5280940}

780.458.7040www.lacombeparkdental.com

#102, 506 St. Albert Rd., St. AlbertAll services provided by a general dentist

Dr. Andrew Schmidt

We are Welcoming New Patients

Dr. Suzanne Degner

AD{CS5280914}

www.bamforyouth.ca

BUILDING ASSESTS& MEMORIES

CONTACTBen [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

BAMFOR

YOUTH Presents SUMMERTIME MADNESS

McDonalds.ca/careers

GREATCAREER

S.GREAT OPPO

RTUNITIES.

GRE

ATREWARDS.

Apply for a jobat McDonald’s® inSt. Albert today!

©2014McDonald’s

Connect With UsWant to get involved and seewhat we are up to? FollowBuilding Assets & Memorieson a variety of socialnetworking sites!

Go to bamforyouth.ca for information on these events!!More events to be announced soon!

The Romance of Roaming

Noon - 3:00pm JULY 19, 2014Slip ‘N on Seven

Just a few months ago I was fortunateenough to be able dip my toes into the

incredible lifestyle that is backpacking. Threewonderfully relaxed friends and I decided we weren’tquite ready for the resounding responsibilities ofdeciding our futures. So what better way to spend our�� big wide world we decided South East Asia was calling�� and Indonesia for three short months. Some people�� !� �� "� �� similar trip and it was all quite typical. Though we didrun into countless young backpackers on comparable��"�� #or not it opened me up to a whole new way of life and � �� "�� $� �� %$� ��"��% �� $�� " �� &�� % �� % ��$� �� %$�saying when you’re young enough in age and spiritthat you wouldn’t mind carrying all that you own on�� "� ��a room with 11strangers that willbecome 11 great�� dirty station foryour delayed night�� without luxuries likehair products and�� &��you’re graduating�� postsecondaryor anywhere in-�� a fundamental timein your life that will�� bizarre world around you. Henceforth what better time�� '�� % �� % �� (�� a proper state of mind to really get the most out of�� should arise it’s yours to deal with and there’s no�� )�"��"�� $� �� frustration. Although this doesn’t mean you should�"� �� '��

should but one of the best parts�� *� �(�� $�� sleep when you’re tired and youstay until you feel it’s about time togo. Some of the most extraordinary��

�� " �� (�� +�� , �� "��"�� /�� In more ways than one really. First of all experiencing �� /� �� the other side of the world was grounding to say theleast. So many people with so little to their name andyet those that we met were happy and content with

�� )�� "�� 0�� backpack made me truly appreciate what% �� 2�� /��refreshing in general. The four of us didn’t�� and ate street food or at local restaurants�� %gained and the people I met because of

�� % �� $� �� All in all we’re here on this earth; we’re young and/� �� '�� %�$� �� with so many beautiful people. How can we not take�� '��3 ��$� �� educating none the less. I strongly urge anyone that isconsidering taking on the world to just do�� )��" �� *�� educated and go fall� ��

By Sylvie Hawkes

View from the common area of the hostel Bali Rocksin Padang-Padang, Bali, Indonesia.

� b%re� a��ga

Friendship 1205 ancient steps above Mai Chau Vietnam.(Yes we counted the steps!)

Street Vendor in Siem Riep, Cambodia. These vendors

could be spotted all over Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

and usually held the cheapest, quickest and tastiest food.

Fr

Angkor Watt, Siem Riep, Cambodia

similar trip

Juuglifely ry fourwor�� es ��p a

ylvJ

enouincrediblewonderfullquite readydeciding o�� big wide w�� and Indon�� !� ��!� ��similar trip

By Sy

AD{CS5280917}

nother school year has quickly passed and plans

are in place for an exciting new one. Although we are looking to the future, we take time to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year.

During this reflection, I quickly come to recognize how fortunate and proud I am to work alongside such excellent students, staff, parents and community.

I am so impressed with the efforts of our talented staff and supportive parents who have worked together to provide our students with such a balanced educational experience. Our staff and administration have worked diligently and collaboratively to enhance our instructional practices as we adapt to the

ever-changing skills, abilities and learning styles that our students bring to the classroom.

As well, our schools understand the importance of developing solid citizenship and character attributes in our students through many quality curricular and extracurricular programs.

I am pleased that our provincial government is undertaking the challenge of updating and designing new curriculum. Our curriculum must prepare our students for the new tomorrow and not our past. We need to reflect on

what has worked, but realize that our students will face challenges in their future that we, as parents, have not.

Our district continues to grow rapidly, but our focus on assisting our students reach their potential remains paramount. Our kindergarten to Grade 4 student population has increased by approximately 20 per cent in the last five years, which is exceptional, and our kindergarten projections for next year clearly indicate they will increase again from what is already a record high for our district. The growth presents some space challenges, but it greatly adds to the existing positive environments found in the schools. Each new student and family brings something special to our schools and

allows us to hire new staff who also bring different skills to an already great team.

As new communities are added in our city, we must address the challenges of inadequate space for required new schools. At present, our schools are 90 per cent utilized; thus, we are thrilled that we will be getting a new K-6 school and modernizing W.D. Cuts Junior High School. We are already planning for another K-9 school and are working on how we will address increased high school enrollments.

None of this, however, will take away from our main focus on supporting our staff as they evolve and enhance our instructional practices and, of course, optimize the learning opportunities for our students.

ies?” I seem to recall David Letterman quipping during one of his Top 10 lists many years ago, “we got ’em!”

Letterman was, of course, riffing on the tactically boring, low-scoring game that people in North America just could not seem to grasp for many, many years. However, these days, football fever is spreading.

As the 2014 version of the FIFA World Cup winds down — the quarterfinals begin this weekend and the final is slated for Sunday, July 13 — soccer is more popular than ever in the United States and Canada, and that is thanks in large part to this very tournament.

The matches have been exciting and high-scoring — there has rarely been a scoreless draw throughout the competition — and there have been plenty of upsets to fuel chatter around the water coolers. But perhaps even more important is the fact the tournament is being held in Brazil, which matches up nicely to time zones used in North America and doesn’t force soccer fans to stay up through the night to watch their teams play live.

The only drawback for Canadian fans is the lack of our own team to cheer for. Sure, individuals can probably find a country to support based on their heritage or an admiration for their style of play or some other factor. But wouldn’t it be spectacular to be backing a Canadian team as they go up against the world’s best?

Right now, though, that’s kind of a pipe dream. In the latest FIFA ranking, our men’s national team finds itself in 110th spot, lagging well behind the likes of Montenegro, Sierra Leone and the Cape Verde Islands. Our women, thankfully, are doing much better, ranked seventh in the world, sandwiched between Brazil and England.

Still, if Canada is to improve its place on the international soccer scene, capitalizing on the momentum of this year’s World Cup will be key. According to the Canadian Youth Sports Report released last month, 767,000 Canadian kids play soccer — second only to swimming. Now it’s a matter of harnessing and developing that talent, as we’ve done in other sports, and bring that passion for soccer to the international stage.

WHEREIS THIS?

��

��

� ��

��

AD{CS5280915}

Hon. Doug Horner, MLA and Stephen Khan, MLAInvite you to meet Jim PrenticeOur local MLA’s would like to provide you the opportunity to speak with Jim Prentice – aboutAlberta and how you see us all moving forward. We feel that Jim Prentice should be the nextleader of our party – and we want to give you the opportunity to share in that comfort.

Thursday, July 17 - 7:00 to 9:00pmSt. Albert Inn, 156 St. Albert Trail, St. Albert

Meet and Greet ReceptionDoors Open at 7:00pmJim Prentice to Join Reception at 7:30pmCoffee, Tea, Cash Bar and Finger Foods

Spruce Grove – St. Albert and St. Albert ProgressiveConservative Associations Memberships (for any

constituency) available at the DOOR. Memberships -$10 for one year or $25 for three. Event – no charge.

Please RSVP to: [email protected], Carol Stewart 780-717-3698 or Caroline Breakey 780-458-2119AD{CS5280942}

IT’S TIME FOR A TUNE UP!Servicing any make or model of bicycleFree estimatesVisit crankys.ca for our tune up packages

HAVING TROUBLEWITH YOUR BIKE

24 Perron Street St. Albert 780.458.9181

Helping you get the most out of your cycling experience

www.crankys.caAD{CS5280920}

StarlingAtBigLake.com

HOMEBUYERS ARE FLOCKINGTO STARLING AT BIG LAKE!A little bird told them they could win $25,000 forbuying a single family home before August 31, 2014!Immediate possessions available. Featuring homesfrom 7 of Edmonton’s leading builders.

• Art Custom Homes• Cameron Homes• Celebration Homes• Gill Built Homes• Green Living Homes• Kirkland Homes• Rohit Communities

VISIT THE STARLING SHOWHOMES AT 137 AVE & RAY GIBBON DR

For Contest Rules and Regulations Visit StarlingatBigLake.com/About/25000-Contest/

AD{CS5280922}

Drivers will have more scenery to take in on St. Albert Trail starting next week.

Beginning on Monday, the City of St. Albert is undertaking a series of landscaping projects in the medians along St. Albert Trail from St. Vital Avenue to the Superstore entrance at the southern end of the city. These projects are expected to last until September, with one lane of traffic closed off while work is done.

“St. Albert is known as the Botanical Arts City, and we are renowned for our abundance of green spaces and picturesque landscaping,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. “This beautification project enhances one of the main thoroughfares that residents and visitors use to travel to our city, and it provides us with the opportunity to showcase just one of the reasons why

St. Albert was voted the Best Place to Live in Canada.”

The beautification project will involve upgrades to the centre median of St. Albert Trail, as well as the planting of trees, shrubs and perennial plants. The areas will be topped off with tree mulch.

A similar project was undertaken in 2011 and 2012 between Sterling Street and St. Anne Street.

Construction will be done in stages to hopefully minimize traffic disruptions:

St. Anne Street — July 7-25;

Grenier Place — July 25-Aug. 15;

Superstore entrance — Aug.

The planting of trees and shrubs along the entire length of the project will take place

If your primary communication is email, you’ve likely noticed the sudden influx in messages from companies asking you to confirm your consent to receive newsletters.

It’s all part of the federal government’s new Canada Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), which officially comes into effect July 1 and requires businesses to obtain personal consent before sending out any commercial electronic messages to customers or clients.

But it’s the non-profit sector that stands to suffer the most, as newsletters are the most common way for them to obtain donations or secure membership fees.

“We’ve definitely seen some non-profits struggle through this and they’re in definite risk of having their mailing lists slashed — it could really shackle some of the organizations moving forward,” said Gregg Oldring, founder of Industry MailOut, an email service provider for small businesses and non-profit organizations.

Fines for violating the law are

extravagant — to the tune of $1 million for individuals and up to 10 times that for private companies.

However, with no legal precedent set, there is extreme uncertainty on exactly how these cases will be handled.

“Nobody wants to be the organization that’s struck by lightning and made an example of but it will be interesting to see how many of these they’ll actually be able to process given the quantity of spam,” said Oldring.

Some companies have taken steps to stop sending direct emails to customers altogether.

The City of Edmonton has been preparing for the legislation since back in December, when they first started sending out consent emails.

However, the city is already bound by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) legislation, which requires the city to only use a person’s information, including their email address, for specific purposes.

“We have pretty solid records keeping to begin with under FOIP,” said Jason Darrah, director of public communication with the City of Edmonton.

However, the definition of “commercial” content is relatively broad, says Darrah, which caused the city to do some extra work to ensure their emails were up to snuff.

“Even a newsletter that we send out about the upcoming swim programs or other recreational programs that require a fee would be considered a commercial electronic message. So to be safe we did a lot of going out with our individual e-newsletters and seeking confirmation and consent.”

Proudly presented byProudly presented by

��“BEST SHOW EVER!”

Calgary Herald

Opens July 9 • Under the White Big Top • Yellowhead Trail & Fort Road • Edmonton

1.866.999.8111 • c a v a l i a . n e tProudly presented by

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssssssssss JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 999999999999999999999999999999 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTToooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllll &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

1111111111111111111111111111111111.......888888888888888888888888888888886666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666........99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.......8888888888888888888888888888888881111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• cccccccccccccccccccccccc aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa llllllllllllllllll iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ....... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Opens July 9 • Under the White Big Top • Yellowhead Trail & Fort Road • Edmonton

1.866.999.8111 • c a v a l i a . n e tAD{CS5280930}

Roller derby is taking Sharyl Rains places — quite literally.

In 2011, Rains started competing in roller derby, a sport that has gained a lot of popularity in the Capital Region since the formation of local teams and leagues such as Edmonton’s E-Ville Roller Derby and the St. Albert Heavenly Rollers.

Soon after she started competing, though, Rains sustained a serious concussion that kept her off her roller skates. And when she was ready to get back into the derby, she noticed she wasn’t skating as well as she used to.

“I felt like I could get a lot of additional training by branching out into the United States,” Rains explained. “The sport is miles ahead from where it is here in Canada and I wanted to get a different perspective.”

In April 2013, Rains started Destination Derby, which was a fundraiser to help her with her travels through the U.S. During her first trip down south, Rains was able to travel through four states and skate with five different leagues.

Word caught on quickly about Rains efforts and for the second year in a row,

Rains — along with Derby Frontier blog owner Kevin Demison and Hwy 14 Roller Derby Association league manager Theothany Marie out of Wainwright — are heading back down to the U.S. for the second Destination Derby, which has more than doubled in size from last year’s.

“The concept of travelling to train isn’t new; we just were able to market it,” Rains said. “We created an entity out of Destination Derby and that’s what sets it apart.”

One of the participants is B’Elanna Torrid, who hails from St. Albert.

Rains was able to promote Destination Derby through social media and through the Derby Frontier blog. It wasn’t long before leagues across the U.S. were contacting her, hoping that they would be a stop on her tour. This year’s trip, which starts on

Aug. 2 and runs until Aug. 24, sees Rains travelling more than 1,100 kilometres, as far down south as San Antonio, Texas, across nine states and visiting 15 leagues total, five in the Lone Star State alone.

“At first, we thought we were going to be completely ignored,” Rains said.

“This year, we haven’t even left for our trip

yet and we’re already getting

contacted for next year’s.”

It’s not just the leagues that have taken notice

of Rains’s expeditions.

Roller Derby magazines

across the U.S. and the United Kingdom

have featured Rains’s story and she was even featured on a CBC

news segment. Rains notes that people’s attitudes, both inside and outside of the sport, have been changing drastically.

“People’s perspectives have been changing because they’re understanding

the athleticism that goes into the sport,” Rains said. “Roller derby has a lot of rules to protect people and it’s less choreographed than it used to be. But it’s still a real, full contact sport.”

Rains recognizes that a lot of support has gone into the success of Destination Derby. The trip is being paid for through events like bottle drives and through sponsorships. And the support for Rains’s cause hasn’t slowed down.

“Once we get back from this trip, we’re working on the next one,” Rains explains. “We’ll start getting our sponsors and finances in order and select a roster of other derby girls to come along.”

Despite the increased popularity and exposure of Destination Derby, Rains remains focused in what the trip is about. She explains that all the other derby leagues across the U.S. have become like an extended family to her and is always appreciative of any support that comes her way.

“We’re not doing this to make money or anything; we’re doing this to improve ourselves,” Rains said. “At first, we just wanted to go visit the States, then boom. Now that we have the attention, we’re going to roll with it. As long as the leagues are there, we’ll go.”

Airport?Relax with stress-free,

on-time travel to the airport.

Corporate Sedans • SUV’s • Limousines • Airport Transfers • Coaches

Prestige Sedan

When you book your�� !� ��

Call 780.463.5000 or visit us online prestigesedan.ca.

AD{CS5280921}

AUGUST 9-10, 2014 at SERVUS PLACE400 Campbell Road, St. Albert, AB

� �st �� !� " �� #�� $ � %�� $!� �� & '� �� (�� ) �� *� (��*�+�� ) ��&�� , �� - �� .�/ .��

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:-�0� �� " �� " (��*� 1�� 2�� 3

780-263-3950 or [email protected] Proudly Sponsored by:

AD{CS5281525}

Sherri Chaba is bringing a little bit of home to the Art Gallery of St. Albert this month.

Chaba’s new show, Retreat, is a massive installation with interactive elements that takes up just about the entirety of the AGSA’s exhibition space, giving visitors a glimpse into the world she has enjoyed living in the countryside for the past 30 years or so.

“Retreat can be a refuge. Retreat can be a sanctuary. Retreat can be a place where people meet and discuss things or go away for a weekend, get away from it, and discuss issues together,” she said.

One piece is what she calls a “tree machine,” where mirrors give a sense of infinite depth. There are wire spheres covered with magnifying glass lenses and mounted on mirrors that signify water. Another piece is a moss-covered hut, which Chaba said is representative of her own home in the country.

“I live on a hill, so metaphorically, that’s where I live. ... That’s what art is; it’s a self-portrait of you,” she said.

Just inside the gallery door are branches of trees that have been sawed apart and then re-attached by screws, which are mirrored by smaller pieces of wood attached by wire that cover some of the pillars in the gallery.

“It’s about trying to go back and fix what

we’ve done,” Chaba said.Some of the larger elements of the

exhibition are made from reclaimed pieces of wood that came either from around Chaba’s property or from a collection that her parents started.

“I don’t have the heart to alter them if they’re really valuable, so I take more of the scraps, things people don’t want,” she said.

Some of the elements of the exhibition have little peepholes for visitors to peer through, uncovering hidden worlds.

The exhibit took some five days to put together in the gallery, with as many as six people working on it at a time.

Chaba will also be hosting an in-gallery talk on Thursday, July 24. But she said she wants to talk about ideas and how the exhibit came together, not lecture people about what her work means.

“I never want to push my ideas around environmentalism to anyone. I think they’ll come to that on their own,” she said. “This is what I’m putting forth, and you can go off

and have your own dialogues.”Meanwhile, showing alongside Retreat in

the vault on the gallery’s main floor is a stop motion animation film entitled Distraction of a Stationary Nature by Calgary artist Shyra De Souza. The film transforms a mundane home office into a nature scene, with stationery items coming to life in a lighthearted and humorous way to mimic insects and plants.

It’s a natural fit with Chaba’s exhibition, explained interim gallery director Jenny Willson-McGrath.

“Sherri is using a lot of natural objects in her work, whereas Shyra’s using man-made objects to imitate natural objects, so there’s kind of an interesting contrast there,” she said.

While the AGSA doesn’t often bring in films as standalone exhibitions like this — Willson-McGrath estimated it has been four years since the last time the gallery had done so — she hopes it will be something they see more often.

“It’s not that we don’t want to; it’s that they don’t come our way very often,” she said. “We’re hoping that will change now that we’re advertising (the vault) as a separate exhibition space.”

Retreat and Distraction of a Stationary Nature both start today (Thursday) with an opening reception sponsored by Rockland Landscaping Supplies and coinciding with this month’s ArtWalk, and they run at the AGSA (19 Perron St.) until Aug. 2.

}

Photo Supplied


www.samelias.ca

780-458-8300 ST. ALBERT��

780-995-0555 ��

If your class,team or groupwould like to befeatured in over20,000 copies

of theSt. Albert Leader

Photo Booth- IT’S FREE! -

please email us at:[email protected]

or give us a callat 780-460-1035.

2014 Road RageHockey Tournament

2014 Road Rage

Hockey Tournamentnt2014 Road RageHockey Tournament

p

2014 Road Rage

Hockey Tournament2014 Road RageHockey TournamentH

2014 Road Rage

Hockey Tournament

presents...

St. Albert Leader

presentsPhotos by AndrewMacLeod

- Gecko Photography

AD{CS5280916}

Don’t let your kids bebored this summer.Register them for aSummer Camp withServus Place and theCity of St. Albert.View our Summer Camps guideonline at servusplace.ca or call780.418.6088.

servusplace.ca

AD{CS5280919}

A St. Albert playwright is bending time and space for his latest production.

Pacific Time, written by St. Albert’s David Haas, makes its debut at the Graffiti Mix One-Act Festival, which takes place at Concordia University College in Edmonton on July 12 and 13.

Pacific Time tells the story of two characters who meet in an unusual café that appears to bridge 50 years and some 600 miles. Polly, played by Leah Beaudry, is a writer in Victoria in 1964, while Grant, played by Joel Dinocola, is a young provincial government employee in Edmonton in 2014. They get to know each other over tea and the café’s famous sticky buns.

“(The festival organizers) expressed a strong liking for science fiction and fantasy, and I’ve always had a liking for that (genre),” Haas said. “I’d written another fantasy play, but this was a

challenge.”Still, seeing the play come to life in the

hands of the actors and director Rachel Whipple is an exciting experience.

“(The characters) may have started out in your mind ... but now they’re flesh and blood up there,” Haas said, “and they may

not be acting quite the way you envisioned it, but if it’s well done, they will be acting consistently with what you wrote. Every playwright has their own mental vision of a character, but what you write is always up for interpretation. And good actors will start filling that in.”

The Graffiti Mix One-Act Festival

also features three other plays: Narrator Syndrome by Nicole Companiytsev; Debt by Brittni Ann Carey; and Sprites by Zach Supina.

Writing plays may be a passion of Haas’s, but it wasn’t how he paid the bills during his career. He was a practicing lawyer for 25 years, concentrating heavily on criminal law, spent 10 years in the Canadian Forces and was a professional

boxing judge on the side.But the playwriting bug didn’t just

hit Haas after he retired — he won an Edmonton Journal-sponsored playwriting competition in 1977, and the same play with a few revisions won third place in a province-wide competition in 1983.

“Then I didn’t write anything more; I was busy with a career and children, the usual things,” he said. “I resumed writing fiction and playwriting in 2008, but I didn’t really start submitting anything until late in the year or 2009.”

For now, Haas is content to keep on writing and submitting one-act plays, although he does have an eye on writing a full-length play and getting it produced somewhere down the road.

“I would, at this stage, call myself, in boxing terms, a four-rounder,” he said. “I haven’t had anything produced longer than 30 minutes, stretched to 40. But I’ll keep trying to get something longer. It’s a challenge.”

All four plays in the festival run at 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, at the Concordia University College theatre (7128 Ada Blvd., Edmonton). Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors at the door. For more information, visit graffitimix.blogspot.com.


While he normally works behind the scenes, Troy Funk stepped into the spotlight this week.

Funk, the senior marketing co-ordinator for the City of St. Albert’s cultural services department, was honoured Monday evening with the Margaret Mooney Award for Outstanding Achievement in Administration at the 27th Sterling Awards, which were held at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre and honour the best and brightest in the Edmonton theatre scene.

“It’s huge to be recognized by peers and colleagues, and for the theatre community to

take notice,” Funk said Tuesday. “It’s been 20 years of work, and there’s a great list of people who have received the award … I’m in really great company with past recipients.”

The award is named after Margaret Mooney, who worked at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton from 1965 to 1998, and was also an administrator in the

University of Alberta’s drama department and one of the founders of the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton. Funk worked with her for two years at the Citadel before she retired.

While the administrative work isn’t the most glamorous side of the arts, Funk said it’s still important work that deserves to be

recognized.“People don’t see the work that

happens behind the scenes. They see what’s on the stage,

what’s on the poster, what you’re using to promote

the show,” he said. “It’s part of the magic that nobody sees.”

At this point, Melissa McCarthy should be used to the spotlight after getting a best supporting actress Oscar nod for her breakthrough role in 2011’s comedy Bridesmaids.

But McCarthy, 43, says nothing prepared her for landing on the cover of Rolling Stone’s new summer double issue with the headline: “Fearless, fierce and funny,” in the lead up to the Wednesday release of her latest comedy, Tammy.

“That was pretty crazy,” McCarthy told QMI Agency in an exclusive newspaper interview.

“I thought it was a little interview,” she said of the shoot, which found her jetting off to Paris from a film location in Budapest. “Nobody had said anything about the cover. And I had said, ‘Do they really mind if we do it over the phone or can we Skype or something?’ And (my team) said, ‘Well, I think it’s pretty hard to shoot a cover over the phone.’ And I literally went, ‘Whaaaaaa?’ I burst out crying. And (they) said, ‘Oh, my God! Did you not know it was the cover?’ ‘No, I didn’t know it was the cover!’ You need to process that. It came out so casually.

There’s a song about it for God’s sake. Things like that, I just think, ‘I grew up on a little farm. The odds of me (being on the cover of Rolling Stone).’ There’s just certain things that happen where I think, ‘Okay, remember where you are.’ I was in Budapest, I was literally looking out on the Danube, chatting with someone after work (on the film Spy) and that came out. I mean, you could have knocked me over with a feather.”

It was actually growing up in the Midwest that helped inspire the female buddy comedy about a cheated upon and fired fast food worker – Tammy – who hits the road with her hard-drinking and horny grandmother Pearl (Susan Sarandon) determined to see Niagara Falls.

McCarthy, a native of Plainfield, Ill., co-wrote and co-produced the film with her husband Ben Falcone, who directs as well.

“I think this woman is from where (Ben) grew up (Carbondale, Ill.) and that’s also where I went to college,” McCarthy told reporters at an earlier press conference.

“That was kind of our jumping off place of, like, if you’re just stuck in this whole little tiny world of things you don’t like, how hard to you have to get hit to bump you out of your kind of vicious cycle?”

Falcone actually had a dream about six years ago about the movie’s plot and told McCarthy he was going to write it.

“He says things and I say, ‘That sounds great!’” said McCarthy at the press conference.

Still, McCarthy told Sun Media News Services she feels “nervous and excited” about Tammy, more than any other film she’s been in thus far given her and Falcone’s involvement.

“I feel more responsible to the characters,” said McCarthy, who sat through every single audience test screening and Q&A for the first time on a film.

“We were with those characters for so long, the thought of maybe somebody not liking them makes me want to go, ‘Oh, but they’re such nice people.’ Like I know that’s slightly nuts,” she said. “I’d sit there kind of slumped in the back of the theatre and (it was) brutal and exciting and rewarding and terrifying. That first (screening) (Ben and I) both were sitting there in a full flop sweat. At one point I said, ‘I think I’m going to be sick. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.’ And he was just like rubbing his head. ‘Cause you want to yell out: ‘This will be better!’ ... But I’d do it again.”

Photo: Sun Media News Services

Photo: Natalie Ozipko/Facebook

To Book an AppointmentCall 780.458.2333

210, 5 Giroux RoadSt Albert, AB T8N 6J8www.brightdental.ca

Our General Dentists welcome new patients and emergencies

BrightDental

Look your best for your wedding dayand beyond with a bright, beautiful smile!��

BRIGHTA Smile as

as your Life together

AD{CS5280901}

LLawn MMaiinttenanceLandscapingTree PruninggTTree RRemovallsSSnnooww RReemmoovvaallResidential & Commercial

KATCON PROPERTY SERVICES

Servicing St Albert andsurrounding areas withQuality Service

Hourly & Monthly Rates

www.katconpropertyservices.ca587.590.4867

AD{CS5280926}

I’ll tell you who’s bringing sexy back: It’s 44-year-old Jennifer Lopez.

The thrice-divorced, newly single mother of twins is looking hotter than ever on the cover of her new album, A.K.A, in a barely-there red satin top made up of straps.

“I like being sexy AND classy,” says the Bronx-raised Lopez down the line from New York City recently in a Canadian exclusive interview with Sun Media News Services.

“I don’t like pushing it too far, that’s part of who I am.”

Yes, Lopez believes that “women age like fine wine” quote.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re in your 20s or your 40s or your 60s, we should be proud of our sensuality. We should be proud of who we are,” she says. “We don’t have to stop being a woman or stop being sexy because we’ve reached a certain age. We should embrace it more and more as we go along because to me, I feel much more in my own element now than when I did when I was in my 20s.”

More specifically of the A.K.A. cover, she had a look in mind.

“I had a whole vision of like Versace

’90s supermodel thing that I wanted to do,” J.Lo continues. “So that’s what we went for. And, at the end of the day, it’s my choice.”

Lopez, whose first big break was as a dancer on In Living Colour in the early ’90s before she pursued an acting and singing career later that decade, is clearly comfortable with her body.

And she says she doesn’t think too much about aging in the spotlight.

In her mind, she really is still Jenny From The Block.

“It’s funny, I don’t think about it all that much. I still feel, and I guess I operate, like you know when I first started making records (in 1999 with her debut album, On The 6) ... People do come up to me and say, ‘Oh, you’re inspiring,’ and to me, it’s always so touching… Also, when you’re coming up in this business, and there’s this criticism, there’s this and that, and that weighs on you a little bit. And at certain point you go, ‘Wait a minute… I’ve been doing this a long time. This is not a fluke! This what I do! It’s okay.’”

There does seem to a be a ramped up confidence with Lopez on A.K.A. — which features appearances by rappers Pitbull, T.I., Rick Ross, Iggy Azalea and French Montana — and she says “this

time of growing and transformation,” began a few years ago.

“I went on tour right after I left American Idol (in 2012 although she returned for the 2014 season and was just confirmed again for the judging panel in 2015) and right after I got (separated from third husband Marc Anthony) and it was just like a whole time of rediscovery for myself… And I finally feel like I’ve come out the other side and here I am, I’m stronger.”

Meanwhile, she’s giving everything to her live performances, recently wowing a crowd at Universal Orlando Resort on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon with a stunning dance performance of the new song, “First Love,” in a skin-tight red sequined catsuit.

“I almost broke my finger, when I went to the floor. I like jammed my finger, it’s so swollen,” says Lopez.

Her tour plans so far have seen her perform at the World Cup Opening ceremony with Pitbull followed by only a couple of select U.S. shows.

“It was spectacular, crazy energy, so surreal,” she says of the World Cup performance. “It was a very emotional kind of energy filled moment. I was just so glad to be invited to be along for the ride.”


Active Listings: 44 Sold Listings: 39Average list price:$569,565

Low $418,000/ High $885,000

ERIN RIDGE

Average sale price:$536,138

Low $364,500/ High $775,000Avg. days on market: 39


Low $458,000 / High $799,000

NORTH RIDGE


Low $393,000 / High $953,750Avg. days on market: 43

OAKMONT

Active Listings: 31Average list price:$667,859

Low $399,900 / High $1,375,000

Sold Listings: 22Average sale price:$538,288



Low $329,900 / High $378,000

Sold Listings: 5

STURGEON HEIGHTS




Low $374,900 / High $699,900

PINEVIEW*120 Days Back



WOODLANDS


Low $398,500 / High $1,195,000



Active Listings: 5 Sold Listings: 13Average list price:

$359,420Low $339,000 / High $398,500

BRAESIDE




Low $379,900 / High $564,900

HERITAGE LAKES



LACOMBE PARK


Low $355,000 / High $1,148,000



Active Listings: 33 Sold Listings: 14Average list price:$1,017,418

Low $499,900 / High $5,380,000

KINGSWOOD


Low $454,200 / High $1,450,000Avg. days on market: 69


Low $370,000/ High $579,000

DEER RIDGE




Low $358,000 / High $474,900

AKINSDALE



Active Listings: 6 Sold Listings: 12Average list price:

$437,133Low $349,000 / High $586,000

FOREST LAWN



S T. A LBERT REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORTGRANDIN


Low $299,900 / High $639,900



ONLY$35.00!

ADVERTISE ON THEST. ALBERT REAL ESTATE PAGE

A great way to market your realestate listings in over 20,000 copies

of the St. Albert Leader.

Call us today for details. 780-460-1035or email: [email protected]


Low $304,900 / High $364,900

MISSION



*The above area market averages represent the trailing 3-month averages, except where otherwise indicated, of single-family homes only as of the Friday prior to publication week. Data is provided by CRAIG PILGRIM of RE/MAX Real Estate (St. Albert), member of the Real Estate Associationof Edmonton. Data does not include condos, townhomes or apartments, and does not differentiate between styles of homes. All efforts are made to ensure data is accurate for information purposes, but please consult a licensed real estate agent for additional market information.

��

��

� ��

��

!� ��"!

��

��

EDMONTON

��

�� #$ ��# !� �%&'(!'(�� ) �� ) �� *�+��,-� .��

��

��

!� ��"!

AD{CS5285843}

North Korea has denounced a forthcoming American comedy film featuring a plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un as an act of terrorism and threatened to unleash a “merciless counter-measure” if Washington failed to ban the movie.

The movie The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, is scheduled for release in October.

“Making and releasing a movie on a plot to hurt our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated,” the North’s

official KCNA news agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying.

The Hollywood movie recounts the story of a talk show host and his producer who land a rare sit-down interview with Kim, the third leader of his family dynasty to rule North Korea.

The Central Intelligence Agency then recruits the pair to assassinate him.

Kim, in his early 30s, has shown no sign of easing the iron grip imposed by his grandfather, state founder Kim Il Sung, and his father, Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011. Nor has there been any letup

in the personality cult surrounding his leadership.

He has maintained tight control of virtually all aspects of life after ordering the execution of his powerful uncle to crush what was termed an attempt to overthrow the authorities. More than 200,000 people are believed to be held in prison camps, but Pyongyang rejects as “fabrications” details of mass brutality set out in a U.N.-sponsored report citing escapees and exiles.

The foreign ministry spokesman said North Koreans regarded the life of their leader as “more precious” than their own.

St. Albert

.COM

Hundreds ofSt. Albert

Minor SportsPhotos!

www.stalbertsports.com is presented by the St. Albert Leader

Check itout NOW!

STALBERTSPORTS.COMpresents...

Midget St. Albert Sox vs Spruce Grove

PeeWee St. Albert Twins vs Pirates Midget St. Albert Sox vs Spruce Grove

Midget St. Albert Sox vs Spruce Grove

PeeWee St. Albert Twins vs Pirates

PeeWee St. Albert Twins vs Pirates Midget St. Albert Sox vs Spruce Grove

Photos by Jesse Kushneryk

PeeWee St. Albert Twins vs St. Albert Pirates

PeeWee St. Albert Twins vs Pirates

AD{CS5280931}

Nominate your favorite yard by July 16!

www.cultivatebusiness.ca

WINNER: Best Over All Front Yard, 2013

Do you pass by a house with a gorgeous front yard? Do you have aneighbour that is always out beautifying their yard? Or maybe it’s you!

We want your submissions for Cultivating Front Yards 2014! For moreinformation and your nomination form, visit: www.cultivatebusiness.ca

Thanks to Our Sponsors!

AD{CS5280925}

ACROSS1 Donated5 Right away9 Pains

14 Computer oper-ating system

15 Whip mark16 Mantra17 Street corner

sign18 After awhile19 Social class20 Sledder's slope22 Bread spread23 Greek letter

before kappa24 Part of EST25 Company with

a lizard in itsTV ads

28 Red Sox pitcherJohn

30 Counting up32 Storage building33 Dial-up alt. DOWN 34 Fruity gin 48 Know-how36 Lively song 1 Spew forth 35 Lascivious 49 Prim and proper37 SAG member 2 Against 38 Adorable one39 Strong wind 3 Stringed instru- 39 Type of seizure 51 Manitoba 40 Consumed ment of old (2 wds) hockey team41 Board game 4 Very clear, as 41 Kitchen knives, 53 Fanta or Fresca

with Professor instructions eg. 54 Wedding confettiPlum 5 Anticipate 43 Again 55 Southern veggie

42 Medicinal herb 6 Summertime 44 Unexpected 56 Sneaky look44 Hot and humid shoe 45 Over there 58 Facial twitch46 Unclothed 7 ___ vera 47 Watchful47 Prosthesis 8 Writing

wearer implement50 1976 horror film, 9 Brought charges

"The ____" against52 Dignified 10 Talkative53 White winter 11 Swiftness

flower 12 Stage direction57 Ooze out 13 Back of a boat58 Commotion 21 Shortly59 Spoken letter 22 Cake shop

after lima 24 Sound repetition60 Equestrian 25 Festive 61 Roman date celebration62 Land measure 26 Blue-pencil63 Bopper starter 27 Inactive64 American relief 29 Fall flower

org. 31 Ship's kitchen65 Plumber's 33 Word before

concern Ages or horse

The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke

Copyright 2014 by The Puzzle Syndicate

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24

25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43

44 45 46

47 48 49 50 51

52 53 54 55 56

57 58 59

60 61 62

63 64 65

S H A D M I D S T G R A BL O V E Y O U T H R O L EI B I S S N E E R E D G EM O D E S T L E A P Y E A R

R A I D P L E AC R I T I Q U E L A R D E RH E N D U C A L L E E C HA C N E E A S E D A L L YS T E A D T E P I D T A MM O R R O W L E V I T A T E

D R O P R I C ED A I R Y M A N D E A C O NU N D O B R O K E S O S OS T O P A S T I R E C H OK I S S T E E N S L O A N

The relatively small Halley’s comet weighs as much as 665 Empire State Buildings. (discovery.com)

• Sp

ot t

he

Diff

eren

ce?

•

Edited by Margie E. Burke��

��

��

Copyright 2014 by The Puzzle Syndicate

Difficulty : Easy

� � ��

� � ��

��

�

� � � � � � ��

Milestones

Photo: IAN KUCERAK, Sun Media News Services

��

��

��

��AD{CS5285713}

��

��

!"�#� $ %�� &��'(

��

��

��

�� ! ��

�� "��

#��$

%�� &'()*"�� "�

�� +��

��#��$��

AD{CS5285720}

Kids Krossword

�e World Cup in Brazil has proven to be best for business for a local kiosk in Edmonton.

Israeli-born business owner Adom Rozenbach, 39, has had his kiosk in Bonnie Doon Mall set up since March, decked out with �ags, hats and shirts in the colours of countries across the globe.

Year-round sales are steady, he says, especially when it come to Philippines merchandise — speci�cally a pair of Philippines boxing gloves that are meant to hang from the rearview mirror of a vehicle.

But with the World Cup being broadcast on television almost daily for the past two weeks, sales have spiked, says Rozenbach.

�e most popular nations �ying o� the shelves have been Chile and Colombia, respectively.

“Car �ags are the most popular — this is what people want come World Cup time,” said Rozenbach, who has seen two World Cups go by in his time as a kiosk vendor and admits his customers are predominately immigrants. “Canadians don’t really buy soccer. �is is a business that almost strictly sells to immigrants.

“Canadians like hockey and

UFC.”One of the most expensive

items he carries is an aluminum replica of the World Cup trophy that tips the scales at around four kilograms. It goes for $150.

But cashing in on the football craze has proven successful so far this year and it has in the past as well.

During the 2012 UEFA European Championship, Edmontonians could not get enough Italy merchandise. It also helps that Italy was in the �nal that year, which helps reveal the true intentions of customers come soccer-season — the teams who win the most, sell the most.

“Nothing sells better than Italy when they’re doing good, but they suck big time this year,” said Rozenbach, with a laugh.

“But when the team is doing good, wow, people were buying like crazy.

“�e World Cup is a downhill event. You can make $1,000 a day when Italy beats England but a�er they’re out you can make zero — it really depends on how the team is doing.”

But with the round of 16 just underway, Rozenbach hopes other big nations like Germany and Netherlands go far and help drive sales even further.

“I cross my �ngers for this two teams — they’re the two I think every retailer is hoping for.”

Photo: TREVOR ROBB, Sun Media News Services

If you’re a guest at the union of one or more happy couples this summer, you’re excited to celebrate with family and friends. But just because you’ve said “I do” to attending a wedding doesn’t mean good �nancial habits should be tossed aside like the bride’s bouquet at the reception.

“As soon as you receive an invitation, you should establish a budget and think about how much it will cost to attend,” says Shawnette Fraser of TD Canada Trust in Calgary.

A TD survey released this spring found four in 10 Canadians expect to attend at least one wedding this year. One in seven will attend as a member of the wedding party, which can put added stress on the wallet.

One in �ve confesses they’re not well prepared for the costs of attending a wedding and expect those costs to be a “considerable” drain on their household budget. Almost half expect to spend between $100 and $500 but one in eight plans to spend more than $1,000 — a price that one in four will pay if in the wedding party.

When establishing your budget, include all associated expenses such as wedding and other gi�s, pre-wedding festivities like bachelor and bachelorette parties, wardrobe, grooming, transportation, accommodation and child care. If it’s a destination wedding, remember to include what you expect to shell out at your destination.

�e next step is to work backwards

to establish a savings plan. If the wedding takes place in six months, for example, consider setting aside $16 a week rather than trying to come up with $400 in one fell swoop. One way to do that is to cut back on discretionary spending, such as taking your lunch to work instead of eating out.

Redeeming points collected through a reward credit card can o�set some of the expenses, such as travel, accommodation or wedding gi�s. “Use the card for daily purchases but make

sure you pay o� the balance before it’s due” to avoid interest charges, says Fraser.

If you don’t already have a reward credit card, consider choosing one that best re�ects your motivation for collecting points. “Some cards will get you on a plane quicker ... while others o�er more

�exibility and allow you to redeem points on a variety of things,” she says.

Finally, if you know where you’ll likely spend money — such as the store where the couple has a gi� registry — sign up to receive e-mails or texts that alert you to sales and promotions.

Sometimes, an honest assessment of the costs involved in attending a wedding may mean declining the invitation. According to the TD survey, 17 per cent have made up an excuse to decline a wedding invitation because they couldn’t a�ord to attend. �at �gure jumped to 24 per cent among those asked to be in a wedding party this year.

“Sometimes it’s OK to decline a wedding invitation,” says Fraser. “Just don’t do it at the last minute.”

SERVICEYOUCAN

TRUST

Expect More

LORENELECAVALIER780-990-6266 Direct

780-460-8558www.realtyexecutivesmasters.ca780-459-7786

www.bermontrealty.com

Call us today for all your St. AlbertReal Estate Needs

Pierre Hebert Guy Hebert

For decades, medical technology �rms have searched for ways to let diabetics check blood sugar easily, with scant success. Now, the world’s largest mobile technology �rms are getting in on the act.

Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co and Google Inc, searching for applications that could turn nascent wearable technology like smartwatches and bracelets from curiosities into must-have items, have all set their sites on monitoring blood sugar, several people familiar with the plans say.

�ese �rms are variously hiring medical scientists and engineers, asking U.S. regulators about oversight and developing glucose-measuring features in future wearable devices, the sources said.

�e �rst round of technology may be limited, but eventually the companies could compete in a global blood-sugar tracking market worth over $12 billion by 2017, according to research �rm GlobalData.

Diabetes a�icts 29 million Americans and costs the economy some $245 billion in 2012, a 41 per cent rise in �ve years. Many diabetics prick their �ngers as much as 10 times daily in order to check levels of a type of sugar called glucose.

Non-invasive technology could take many forms. Electricity or ultrasound could pull glucose through the skin for measurement, for instance, or a light could be shined through the skin so that a spectroscope could measure for indications of glucose.

“All the biggies want glucose on their phone,” said John Smith, former chief scienti�c o�cer of Johnson & Johnson’s LifeScan,

which makes blood glucose monitoring supplies. “Get it right, and there’s an enormous payo�.”

Apple, Google and Samsung declined to comment, but Courtney Lias, director at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chemistry and toxicology devices division, told Reuters a marriage between mobile devices and glucose-sensing is “made in heaven.”

In a December meeting with Apple executives, the FDA described how it may regulate a glucometer that measures blood sugar, according to an FDA summary of the discussion.

Such a device could avoid

regulation if used for nutrition, but if marketed to diabetics, it likely would be regulated as a medical device, according to the summary, �rst reported by the Apple Toolbox blog.

�e tech companies are likely to start o� focusing on non-medical applications, such as �tness and education.

Even an educational device would need a breakthrough from current technology, though, and some in the medical industry say the tech �rms, new to the medical world, don’t understand the core challenges.

“�ere is a cemetery full of e�orts” to measure glucose

in a non-invasive way, said DexCom chief executive Terrance Gregg, whose �rm is known for minimally invasive techniques. To succeed would require “several hundred million dollars or even a billion dollars,” he said.

Google has been public about some of its plans: it has developed a “smart” contact lens that measures glucose. In a blog post detailing plans for its smart contact lens, Google described an LED system that could warn of high or low blood sugar by �ashing tiny lights. It has recently said it is looking for partners to bring the lens to market.

�e device, which uses tiny chips

and sensors that resemble bits of glitter to measure glucose levels in tears, is expected to be years away from commercial development, and skeptics wonder if it will ever be ready.

Apple’s e�orts center on its iWatch, which is on track to ship in October, three sources at leading supply chain �rms told Reuters. It is not clear whether the initial release will incorporate glucose-tracking sensors.

Still, Apple has poached executives and bio-sensor engineers from such medical technology �rms as Masimo Corp, Vital Connect, and the now-defunct glucose monitoring startup C8 Medisensors.

“It has scooped up many of the most talented people with glucose-sensing expertise,” said George Palikaras, CEO of Mediwise, a startup that hopes to measure blood sugar levels beneath the skin’s surface by transmitting radio waves through a section of the human body.

Samsung was among the �rst tech companies to produce a smartwatch, which failed to catch on widely. It since has introduced a platform for mobile health, called Simband, which could be used on smart wrist bands and other mobile devices.

Samsung is looking for partners and will allow developers to try out di�erent sensors and so�ware. One Samsung employee, who declined to be named, said the company expects to foster noninvasive glucose monitoring.

Sources said Samsung is working with startups to implement a “tra�c light” system in future Galaxy Gear smartwatches that �ashes blood-sugar warnings.


I found these greatoptions online

��

City of St. Albert: Concession Supervisor 2 – Rec & Parks• Environmental Manager • Director of Public Works

• Carriers Needed - St. Albert Leader

I need anew job

AD{CS5280932}

For decades, medical technology firms have searched for ways to let diabetics check blood sugar easily, with scant success. Now, the world’s largest mobile technology firms are getting in on the act.

Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co and Google Inc, searching for applications that could turn nascent wearable technology like smartwatches and bracelets from curiosities into must-have items, have all set their sites on monitoring blood sugar, several people familiar with the plans say.

These firms are variously hiring medical scientists and engineers, asking U.S. regulators about oversight and developing glucose-measuring features in future wearable devices, the sources said.

The first round of technology may be limited, but eventually the companies could compete in a global blood-sugar tracking market worth over $12 billion by 2017, according to research firm GlobalData.

Diabetes afflicts 29 million Americans and costs the economy some $245 billion in 2012, a 41 per cent rise in five years. Many diabetics prick their fingers as much as 10 times daily in order to check levels of a type of sugar called glucose.

Non-invasive technology could take many forms. Electricity or ultrasound could pull glucose through the skin for measurement, for instance, or a light could be shined through the skin so that a spectroscope could measure for indications of glucose.

“All the biggies want glucose on their phone,” said John Smith, former chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson’s LifeScan,

which makes blood glucose monitoring supplies. “Get it right, and there’s an enormous payoff.”

Apple, Google and Samsung declined to comment, but Courtney Lias, director at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chemistry and toxicology devices division, told Reuters a marriage between mobile devices and glucose-sensing is “made in heaven.”

In a December meeting with Apple executives, the FDA described how it may regulate a glucometer that measures blood sugar, according to an FDA summary of the discussion.

Such a device could avoid

regulation if used for nutrition, but if marketed to diabetics, it likely would be regulated as a medical device, according to the summary, first reported by the Apple Toolbox blog.

The tech companies are likely to start off focusing on non-medical applications, such as fitness and education.

Even an educational device would need a breakthrough from current technology, though, and some in the medical industry say the tech firms, new to the medical world, don’t understand the core challenges.

“There is a cemetery full of efforts” to measure glucose

in a non-invasive way, said DexCom chief executive Terrance Gregg, whose firm is known for minimally invasive techniques. To succeed would require “several hundred million dollars or even a billion dollars,” he said.

Google has been public about some of its plans: it has developed a “smart” contact lens that measures glucose. In a blog post detailing plans for its smart contact lens, Google described an LED system that could warn of high or low blood sugar by flashing tiny lights. It has recently said it is looking for partners to bring the lens to market.

The device, which uses tiny chips

and sensors that resemble bits of glitter to measure glucose levels in tears, is expected to be years away from commercial development, and skeptics wonder if it will ever be ready.

Apple’s efforts center on its iWatch, which is on track to ship in October, three sources at leading supply chain firms told Reuters. It is not clear whether the initial release will incorporate glucose-tracking sensors.

Still, Apple has poached executives and bio-sensor engineers from such medical technology firms as Masimo Corp, Vital Connect, and the now-defunct glucose monitoring startup C8 Medisensors.

“It has scooped up many of the most talented people with glucose-sensing expertise,” said George Palikaras, CEO of Mediwise, a startup that hopes to measure blood sugar levels beneath the skin’s surface by transmitting radio waves through a section of the human body.

Samsung was among the first tech companies to produce a smartwatch, which failed to catch on widely. It since has introduced a platform for mobile health, called Simband, which could be used on smart wrist bands and other mobile devices.

Samsung is looking for partners and will allow developers to try out different sensors and software. One Samsung employee, who declined to be named, said the company expects to foster noninvasive glucose monitoring.

Sources said Samsung is working with startups to implement a “traffic light” system in future Galaxy Gear smartwatches that flashes blood-sugar warnings.


st. albert leader july 3, 2014

Documents

friend of thefoundation

sturgeon communityhospital

katrina black

black ispassionate

projects atthe sturgeon

thefoundation annual

funding ofthe programs

numerousoutpatient services